Time-stamp.



PATENTED DEG. 27, 190%.y J. F.' TENNEY. v'

TIME STAMP.' AYPLIOATION FILED AUG.1. 1904.

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PATENT Ori-Ioni l JAMES F. TENNEY, OFCI-IICAGO, ILLINOIS.

. TIME-STAMP.

i SIPEOIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,386, datedDecember 27, .1904,

i .Application filed August 1, 1904. Serial No. 219,114..

T @ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be'it'known that I, JAMEs F. TENNEY, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook-and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in rrime-Stamps, of whichthe following is ay complete and accurate description suiiicient toenable those skilled in the art to which it pertains to understand,make, and use the same.

.This time-stamp relates to the class of rubber stamps which are usedfor making imy pressions by hand, wherein it is desired that thedate ofthe making ofthe impression shall appear on the impression made. Thesestamps are usually employed to stamp theidate of the receipt of articleson which the. impres- A sion is made or the receipt of articlesaccompanied by a bill of lading or'other writtenv paper, in which casethe stamp is madeon such paper; and the object' of this invention is toobtain al time-stamp which can be used by one hand both in making theimpression therefrom and in changingthe time of the s tamp as lthe sameis used through a given day, so that the time indicatedby the stamp willsubstantially correspond with the time of day when the impression ismade; to make a time-stamp which will not require greatcarel in makingthe station ary and movable parts of the stamp in order that the sameshall correspond in thickness; to obtain a time-stamp which is simple inconstruction, durable, not' liablel to get out of order, and sightly inappearance.

In the drawings referred to, Figure l is a vertical sectional view vof atime-stamp embodying *thisv invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan View ofthe stamp illustrated in Fig. lsay on linei2 2--viewe'd in the directionindicated by the arrows with rubber stamps not shown in Fig. lv insertedtherein. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on line 3 3 of Fig. 1-viewed in the direction indicated by the ar'- rows. Fig. 4 is a bottomplan view of the inner section or part of the time-stamp embodying ythisinvention, such inner section being rigidly attached `to thehandleof theapparatus. Fig. 5 isa side elevation of the part tion of the bottom partof the time-stamp,

and Fig. 7 is a perspective view-of a'spring forming an element in atime-stamp embody- 1 ing this invention.

A reference-letter applied to indicate a given part is used to designatesuch part throughout the several figures of the drawings` whereever thesame appears.

A is the handle of the device and may be 4 constructed of wood, ifdesired.

B is a ring or ferrule, preferably rigidly provided with the F is adating-line removably secured in the I cup D.

Cr is a cup provided with an opening 1n the bottom thereof, such openinghaving a ring g Aextending around it and such ring fitting loosely onthering or ferrule B.

H is a rubber stamp rigidly secured in cup Gr, and /t is a springinterposed. between the bell-shaped lower end C of ring or ferrule C andthe cup G. i

I I are recesses on the back of the cup G, adjacent to the peripherythereof.

. J is a slot in the bell-shaped lower end of the ring or ferrule C.Spring L is provided with the bends it', t, and/f", and such springextends through the slot '.I, so that the loop obtained by such bends isin the slot.

K is the endiof the spring t which extends beyond the periphery of cup Gand is pressed down into the recesses I I onthe back of such cup Cr bythe resiliency ofthe remaining portion of such spring when the same isinterposed, as described, betweensuchcup G and the bell-shaped lower endC of ring or ferillustrated in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a side elevaka. watchor clock, and each division represent- IOO ing an hour is subdivided-as,say, into halves and quarters.

When the several parts of this time-stamp are assembled, the arrow-headE in cup D is rigidly secured in place, so as to be properly related tothe end K of spring 7L, at which timewhen the end of the spring is in arecess provided with a given mark the arrow-head will be in position tomake an impression adjacent to a like mark on the stamp H.

L L are the marks on the back of the cup Gr indicating the position ofthe end K of spring/z when arrowehead E is adjacent to the hourindicated thereby.

The manner in which I prefer to attach cup D to ring or ferrule B isshown in Figs. l and A, and consists in cutting holes in the back of thecup D and providing corresponding projections I) on the end of the ringor ferrnle B, such projections being inserted in the holes and turned orriveted sufficiently to secure them in place. AWhen the spring /L isplaced between the bell-shaped end C of ring or ferrule C and the backof cup G with the loop of such spring extending through the slot J ofbell-shaped lower end C, such spring will at all times turn with theturning of the ring or ferrule C, thereby turning the end K of thespring precisely as the cup D, which is attached to the lower end of thering B, is turned, (because of the rigid attachment of rings B and Cdescribed.) It thus occurs that as the handle A is turned, turning theend K of the spring L, the cup D is turned a corresponding amount, andif the rubber stamp H, ar-

. row-head E, and dating-line F are once placed in position so that thenumber on the stamp H adjacent to which the arrow-head E is placedcorresponds with the number of the one of marks L L on the back of cupG, which is adjacent to the end K of spring L, such arrowhead will atall times be adjacent to the mark on stamp H corresponding with thenumber on the back of cup G, with which end K is adjacent. The user ofthe stamp can therefore tell the number which will be adjacent to thearrow head when an impression is made by noting the number to which theend K of spring z, is adjacent.

It will be observed by reference to Fig. 1 of the drawings that cup Gris deeper than is cup D and that spring /L yieldingly maintains the backof the cup D in contact with the bottom of cup Gr. When, however, thehandle A is pressed down, the cup D is pressed down a correspondingdistance. It also occurs that when stamps, as E and F, with others, areplaced in the cupD the handle A can be depressed until the stamps areforced to make an impression. At such time the stamp H will be forceddown by the resiliency of the spring L, unless such spring is closed, sothat the coils thereof are in contact by the time the stamps E and F arepressed with the desired force on the paper (or other substance) onwhich an impression is to be made. lf the spring /1/ is suiiicientlystrong to give the neeessary impression of stamp H on such paper, (orother substance,) no care need be taken to have the depth of stamps E,F, and H precisely determined relative to each other, and I thereforeprefer to make the spring /t of such strength that the pressure of thestamp H is controlled by the resiliency of the spring. Then this isdone, much labor is saved the person making the stamp.

In order to make a desired mark on stamp H appear adjacent to thearrow-hezul E when an impression is taken from this stamp, the stamp maybe placed on an inkingqiad and the handle A depressed to ink the stampsE F, (which will also ink the stamp Il.) 'lhe handle A is then turneduntil the mark desired is adjacent to end K of spring 71., and the stampis then transferred to the thing on which the stamp impression is to bemade and the impression secured in the ordinary way.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In atime-stamp the combination of a handle, a type-holder attached tothe lower end of the handle, an additional type-holder loosely mountedon the handle to eircumserihe the first-named type-holder, a springabutting against the loosely-mounted type-holder and the handle, markson the back of the looselymounted type-holder, and means to indicate theone of such marks corresponding with the mark on the loosely-mountedtype` holder which is adjacent to a determined mark in the first-namedty pe-holder.

2. In a stamp, the combination of a type holder, a handle to which thetype-holder is secured, an additional type-holder loosely mounted on thehandle, a spring interposed between the type-holders to yieldingly holdone of the type-holders so that the letters therein are in a differentplane from the letters in the other type-holder, the type-holders andspring arranged relatively to each other so that the letters in thetype-holders can be forced into the same plane, and means to determinethe relative rotatable position of the type-holders: substantially asdescribed.

3. In a time-stamp, the combination of a cup constituting a type-holder,a ring to one end whereofl the cup is attached, an additional cuploosely mounted on the ring to turn thereon and also to movelongitudinally along the same, an additional ringl secured on thefirst-named ring, a spring interposed between the lower end of thelast-named ring and the back of the loosely-mounted cup, marks on theback of the loosely-mounted cup, and a pointer attached to the rings toindicate the relative rotatable position f the rings and theloosely-mounted cup: substantially as described.

4. In a time-stamp, the combination of a cup IOO lIO

such enlarged end provided with a slot and such springbent to extendthrough the slot and to constitute a pointer to indicate a mark on theback of the loosely-mounted cup, such cup provided with aseries of markssubstantially as described.

5. In a time-stamp, the combination of a handle, a cup rigidly Securedto the lower end thereon:

of the handle, a second cup loosely mounted to turn and to movelongitudinally on the handle, a spring interposed between thelooselymounted cup and the handle, a ring rigidly secured to the lowerend of the handle, such ring provided with an enlarged end, and suchenlarged end provided with a slot therein, an rextended end to thespring, such end passed through the slot, recesses on the back of theloosely-mounted cup adjacent to the periphery thereof, with whichrecesses the end of the spring engages, and marksto indicate suchrecesses: substantially as described.

JAMES F. TENNEY. In presence'of- CHARLES TURNER BROWN, CoRA ADAMS.

